Salon Idées Japon, a Japanese Christmas market at the Bastille Design Center
in short 20–22 November 2026 · Bastille Design Center, 74 boulevard Richard Lenoir, 75011 Paris · Free entry (paid workshops €30–69, booking required)
Three days, 60 French-Japanese makers on three floors of a former hardware store: ceramics, kimonos, sake, mochi. Free entry.
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Photo · MONO Japanese Art / Idées Japon
The Salon Idées Japon 2026 is back from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 November 2026 at the Bastille Design Center, on boulevard Richard-Lenoir in the 11th arrondissement. It is a free Japanese-style gift market, just in time for Christmas.
Sixty exhibitors share three floors. Downstairs, food and tableware: sake, tea, miso, mochi, bento boxes, ceramicists. On the ground floor, kimonos, jewellery, stationery and kokeshi dolls. Upstairs, illustrators, calligraphers, printmakers and photographers.
Alongside, 16 paid workshops need booking: kintsugi (gold repair of broken ceramics), sumi-e ink painting, Christmas origami, temari balls, seal carving, manga drawing for teens. Expect €30 to €69 depending on the workshop, booked directly with each teacher.
Last year the organisers saw a long queue, so this year some time slots are kept for newsletter subscribers. Going at opening time helps too.
Open 12pm–7pm all three days. Bastille Design Center, 74 boulevard Richard-Lenoir: Metro Richard-Lenoir (line 5) or Saint-Ambroise (line 9).
practical info
- where
- Bastille Design Center
74 boulevard Richard Lenoir, 75011 Paris · directions ↗ - getting there
- Metro Richard-Lenoir (line 5) or Saint-Ambroise (line 9)
- when
- –
- opening hours
- Friday 20, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November, 12pm–7pm
- price
- Free entry (paid workshops €30–69, booking required)
- booking
- Free entry, no booking; priority slots for newsletter subscribers; workshops booked with each teacher
- status
- starts on 20 November 2026
- area
- Bastille · Paris 11th
- organised by
- Idées Japon ↗
